Back To The 80s: President's Doted Wife

Chapter 1429: Chapter 1430: The House Doesn’t Belong to Us

The list for the old replacement with the new is set, and then comes the handling of retirement procedures. Some people have already started to look for jobs, and the military compound is bustling with activity, often seeing large bags and packages of furniture placed in the courtyard, ready for moving.

Cheng Su and Qi Taiguo learned about the military policy regarding spouses accompanying them, requiring Third-Class Sergeant Major or higher ranked officers to take family with them, with different conditions in different regions. Of course, all this is based on personal preference; some people just don’t want to follow, especially if there’s no one to care for the home, and the husband’s station is in a remote and harsh area.

Furthermore, the houses for family members traveling with the military are only arranged by the army, and only above regiment level do they get allocated houses; the level determines the size of the house, and this depends on the arrangements by the army.

Thus, when veterans retire, the allocated houses should naturally be vacated for new accompanying family members to live, otherwise if everyone stays, where would there be so many dormitory buildings for family members accompanying the military?

This is also the reason why some people, especially those not yet at retirement age, are unwilling to retire. They endure, still having a chance to move up the ranks so that when they’re older, they can get a position and eventually get a house.

Even in this retirement occasion, didn’t a few old-company-level personnel directly get promoted to the regiment leader level upon retirement, then waited for a house allocation?

”What, so you’re saying, our house isn’t ours now?” Cheng Su looked at Hualing as if dumbfounded.

”Of course not, Qi Taiguo has only been deputy regiment leader for a year, hasn’t had his turn yet.” Hualing said, ”You mean you didn’t know? This is a military apartment, considered dormitory, merely allocated for military family members to live in. With retirement, they naturally have to be given back!”

”But Old Zhou’s family, when they retired back then, they still kept the house, only company-level.” Cheng Su mentioned.

It’s really a bolt from the blue; after living for several years, she didn’t know the house wasn’t theirs but belonged to the military, they were merely borrowing a dormitory!

Hualing shrugged, ”That I don’t know, perhaps there’s some major meritorious service, sometimes there’s extra rewards.”

Cheng Su was stunned.

”I thought this was the house allocated to us, wasn’t it? Really isn’t? You’re not pulling my leg, are you?” Cheng Su asked.

Heaven, she spent a lot of effort decorating their house back then, and now they’re being told it isn’t theirs but public property!

Cheng Su found it hard to believe.

”You didn’t even know this? After accompanying the military for years.” Hualing looked at her strangely.

Cheng Su’s face showed helplessness, ”How would I know, no one told me, Qi Taiguo never mentioned it either!”

Moreover, she’s from the future, how would she know how these policies work? In her previous life, she didn’t have a military boyfriend, only had a few friends who were soldiers, she wouldn’t delve deeply into the army’s affairs!

”Don’t worry, even if not now, your family qualifies to get a house now.” Hualing said with a tint of envy, ”The East Winged area isn’t there to build new houses, maybe this year’s quota, you guys will receive one.”

”Let me breathe for a moment.” Cheng Su gasped, after a while stating, ”If we get allocated a house, then this dormitory gets returned to the army?”

”Of course, unless your family occupies two houses?” Hualing sneered, thinking of their decoration, and laughed, ”It’s a shame, spending quite a bit of money decorating this home then!”

Seeing this annoying woman taking delight in disaster, Cheng Su glared at her.